Our Whole Lives (OWL) is sexuality education that fosters informed, responsible, and values-based decisions about sexual health and behavior.

The Our Whole Lives program operates under the idea that well informed youth and young adults make better, healthier decisions about sexuality than those without complete information. OWL strives to be unbiased and teaches about heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, and …

Sep 25, 2024 · Like other birds, Owls cannot chew their food - small prey items are swallowed whole, while larger prey are torn into smaller pieces before being swallowed. Some Owl species will partially pluck bird and larger mammal prey.

Owls swallow their prey whole or in large pieces, but they cannot digest fur, teeth, bones, or feathers. Like other birds, owls have two chambers in their stomachs. In the first chamber, the glandular stomach or proventriculus, all the digestible parts of an owl’s meal are liquefied.

Feb 11, 2019 · A roosting owl commonly leaves visual clues to its whereabouts: a scattering of furry, oval objects on the earth below its perch. They are owl pellets. Because owls often swallow mice, voles, small birds, and other prey whole, their digestive system has to …

Aug 14, 2023 · Unlike other birds, owls cannot chew their food. Small prey items are swallowed whole, while larger prey are torn into smaller pieces before being swallowed. Some owl species will partially pluck bird and larger mammal prey. Let’s take a closer look at the various aspects of digestion in owls.

Feb 28, 2024 · Barn owls have evolved several specialized adaptations like large throats and highly acidic stomachs that enable them to gulp down prey whole. This provides advantages such as time and energy savings, allows them to consume more prey, and facilitates pellet formation.

Jun 10, 2022 · Owls eat their prey whole, subject to the size of the animal they hunt and kill. So, an owl may swallow small mice, but it cannot eat an adult rabbit whole. Owls tear apart large prey and eat or swallow manageable chunks. Babies or younger owls eat bits and pieces.

All 220+ species of owls can be divided into just two families: barn owls and typical owls. They are mostly nocturnal, hunting for food at night, and solitary. But getting back to being …

We are proud to offer Our Whole Lives (OWL), a comprehensive, lifespan sexuality education curricula for use in both secular settings and faith communities. The OWL human sexuality education curriculum was developed by medical and educational professionals as well as religious leaders from the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United ...